SPL Engineering

Systems and Software
Product Line Engineering

Charles W. Krueger, PhD
CEO, BigLever Software
www.biglever.com
ckrueger@biglever.com
INCOSE Chicagoland Chapter
Oct 21, 2010
Agenda
Systems and Software Product Lines (SPL)

BigLever Software Gears SPL Framework and Methodology
Gears Demo
Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.
BigLever at a Glance
Industry leader in Systems and Software Product Line

engineering tools and services
- 9 years of commercial practice with GearsTM technology and methods
- Strategic partner of IBM Rational
Proven success
- BigLever customer case studies illustrate successful transitions
SPL Hall of Fame: Salion (2004), LSI Logic (2006), HomeAway (2009)
Large-scale deployments: Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, GM, ...
- Best ROI metrics in the industry
Systems and Software Product Lines
The key to business success depends on the infusion of

new ideas about how products and systems are brought to
market
To achieve this goal, today's product development
organizations must deliver a product line
- A portfolio of similar products or systems with variations in features
and functions
- Not just an individual product or system
Product Lines and Profitability

Companies need economy of scale in their product lines
In manufacturing, greater profitability is achieved by
investing in an efficient means of production
manufacturing infrastructure and shared product assets
that can be used to deploy different flavors of a product
As product differentiation and innovation move from the
physical attributes to software-based features, the need for
an efficient means of production for systems and software
product lines has become universal
An Efficient Means of Production for

Systems and Software Product Lines
Overview of
Systems and Software Product Line
Engineering and Delivery
Systems and Software

Product Line Engineering and Delivery
Systems and software product line (SPL) engineering and

delivery has emerged as a new approach that
- provides an efficient means of production for systems and software
product lines
- supports the full product line development and delivery lifecycle
Complexity of Product-centric Thinking

Impedes Portfolio Production
Order N2 Complexity
Vertical
Product
Perspective
The Challenge of Product Line Engineering:

Harnessing Complexity
Processes, tools and techniques

cannot overcome the
exponential complexity
Engineering
Complexity
A new approach is required...
Time
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Shift in Perspective: Efficient Means of Production
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Shift in Perspective: Efficient Means of Production
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Benefits of a Software Production Line

Economy of Scale from Automated Production
-
Increase in the scope of product diversity

Increase in the scale of different products effectively delivered and maintained
Cost Savings from Efficiency and Productivity

-
Increase in productivity and efficiency

Reduction in per-product development cost and overhead
Higher profit margins
Faster Profits from Faster Time to Market

-
Reduction in time-to-market for new and updated products

Increased agility to react to new opportunities and changing market conditions
Better Products from Better Quality

-
Increase in customer-perceived product quality

Reduction in defect density
Improved risk management
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2nd Generation SPL Approach
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Multiple Dimensions in a 2G SPL Solution

Synchronous concerns: multi-product, multi-phase, multi-baseline
-
Multi-product. Feature-based variation management and automated production line
Multi-phase. Product line lifecycle assets, architecture and traceability
Multi-baseline. Product line change management and baseline management
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The BigLever 3-Tiered SPL Methodology

Leveraging
industry best
practices from
SPL successes
Leverage. Feature Based SPL Management

Business-wide management of portfolio by features
rather than by products leads to optimized:
Scalability
Time-to-Market
Simplify. SPL Asset Focused Development

High levels of reuse, deep asset expertise, stable
organization structure leads to optimized:
Quality
Consolidate. Variation Management & Automated Production

Eliminating duplication, divergence, merging, manual variation
techniques, lifecycle silos, and manual production leads to
optimized:
Productivity and Cost
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Minimally Invasive Transitions to SPL Practice
Start with what youve got

Use an incremental transition strategy
Create a pilot as the catalyst for change

Stage transition to be non-disruptive to production
schedules
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BigLever Software
Tools and Services
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What We Offer
Gears
- Software product line engineering tool & framework
- Powerful patented technology

- Industry leading
- Award winning
Bridge integrations
- Rhapsody/Gears Bridge
- DOORS/Gears Bridge
- Eclipse Plugin
- Universal Configuration Management Bridge
- Rational Quality Manager/Gears Bridge
- Methodology integrations: Focal Point, Publishing Engine, Team Concert, ...
The industrys most innovative software product line services

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Software Product Line Lifecycle Framework

Focal
Point
Example Tools
Requirements
DOORS
Requirements
DOORS/
Gears
Bridge
Profile
A
Design
Models
Rhapsody
Source
Code
Synergy
Rhapsody/
Gears
Bridge
Eclipse
Plugin
Quality
Manager
Example Assets
RQM/
Gears
Bridge
Design
Models
Design
Models
Source
Code
Source
Code
...
Product
Configurator
OS
File
System
User
Docs
Test
Cases
Feature
Profiles
Universal
CM
Bridge
Eclipse
Source
Code
Requirements
Source
Code
Source
Code
User
Docs
Production Line
Development
Environment
Gears SPL Framework
Test
Cases
Product A
User
Docs
Test
Cases
Product N
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Services for Success
Industry Leading Experience and Expertise
Getting Started Package (recommended first step)

- Intense, accelerated, hands-on pilot project
- 3-days onsite, half-day prep, half-day post
- $5,000 (a $10,000 value). Refundable if not 100% satisfied.
la carte
- Pilots
- Assessments
- Transitions
- Training
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SPL Source Code & File-based Asset Engineering

with the Universal Configuration Management Bridge
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Early Generation SPL

Source Code & File-based Asset Engineering
Early generation product-centric approaches lead to
- Clone-and-own and branching
For each new product, make a copy or branch, then modify
Leads to expensive duplication, divergence and merging
- Compiler preprocessor directives

Tag source code blocks with #ifdef directives
Leads to complex and convoluted source code and build system
- One-size-fits-all with runtime conditionals and startup configuration files

Write the portfolio variations and diversity directly into the source code text
Leads to ever-growing, increasingly complex and convoluted source code
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Source Code as Gears SPL Assets

Feature-based Software Development
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Source file Variation Point with Variants,

Logic and Projection
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Multi-baseline Management for SPL

Baseline 1
Baseline 2
Baseline 3
Baseline 4
... Baseline M
Asset 1
Asset 2
SPL Asset
Managers
Asset 3
...
Asset L
Product A
Release
Manager
Product B
...
Product N
Key:
Alpha release
Beta release
Public release
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Gears File-based Variation Points
File system extended with Feature-based SPL variation

points
- Optional files
- Variant files
- Optional directories
- Variant directories
- Variant text transformations
- Optional text blocks
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SPL Requirements Engineering

with the DOORS/Gears Bridge
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Requirements Engineering for Product Lines
Early generation product-centric approaches lead to exponential
complexity
- Clone-and-own (and requirements branching)
For each new product, make a copy of requirements and modify
Optionally add links to track commonality and variations
- Attributes, links, scripting

Tag each requirement with one or more attributes about product diversity
Leads to high overhead
-
Major effort to define and implement attributes, dictionaries, semantics, schemas, scripts and filters
Labor intensive to revisit all requirements and attributes during maintenance and portfolio extension
- One-size-fits-all
Write the portfolio variations and diversity directly into the requirements text
Leads to complexity and errors interpreting requirements for any particular product
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DOORS Requirements as Gears SPL Assets

Feature-based Requirements Engineering
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DOORS/Gears Bridge
Dual Plugin Bridge between DOORS and Gears SPL Framework
- Gears plugin extensions
Automated configuration of DOORS requirements, based on Gears feature profiles
- DOORS plugin extensions

Any requirement can be converted into a first-class Gears variation point
DOORS/Gears
Bridge
Rational
DOORS
BigLever Software
Gears
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DOORS/Gears Variation Points
DOORS extended with Feature-based SPL variation points

- Optional requirements
- Requirements with variants
- Requirements with text transformations
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SPL Model-driven Development

with the Rhapsody/Gears Bridge
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Model-driven Development for Product Lines
Early generation product-centric approaches lead to
- Clone-and-own
For each new product, make a copy of a similar model and modify
- One-size-fits-all
For each new product, add product diversity meta-logic in one model
Leads to large and complex models with product diversity logic intermingled
with application logic
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Rhapsody Models as Gears SPL Assets

Feature-based MDD for SysML and UML
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Rhapsody/Gears Bridge
Dual Plugin Bridge between Rhapsody and Gears SPL
Framework
Automated configuration of Rhapsody model elements, based on Gears
feature profiles
- Rhapsody plugin extensions

SysML and UML model elements can be converted into first-class Gears
variation points
Rhapsody/Gears
Bridge
Rational
Rhapsody
BigLever Software
Gears
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Rhapsody/Gears Variation Points
Rhapsody extended with Feature-based SPL variation points

- Optional model elements (SysML, UML)
- Optional code generation (UML)
- Code generation variants (UML)
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SPL Test Engineering

with the RQM/Gears Bridge
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Test Engineering for Product Lines
Early generation product-centric approaches lead to exponential
complexity
- Clone-and-own (and test case branching)
For each new product, make a copy of test cases and modify
- One-size-fits-all
Write the portfolio variations and diversity directly into the test case text
Leads to complexity and errors interpreting test procedure for any particular product
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RQM Test Cases as Gears SPL Assets

Feature-based Test Engineering
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SPL Symmetry in the V
Profile
A
Feature
Profiles
Integration
Tests
Requirements
Design
Models
Source
Code
Subsystem
Tests
Unit
Test
Cases
Integration
Tests
Requirements
Subsystem
Tests
Design
Models
Gears
Product
Configurator
Source
Code
Integration
Tests
Requirements
Subsystem
Tests
Design
Models
Unit
Test
Cases
Source
Code
Unit
Test
Cases
...
Reusable SPL Assets
Product A
Product N
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RQM/Gears Bridge
Dual Plugin Bridge between RQM and Gears SPL Framework
Automated configuration of RQM test suites, based on Gears feature profiles
- RQM plugin extensions

Any test case can be converted into a first-class Gears variation point
RQM/Gears
Bridge
IBM Rational
Quality Manager
BigLever Software
Gears
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RQM/Gears Variation Points
RQM extended with Feature-based SPL variation points

- Optional test cases
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The New Frontier for

Product Line Engineering and Delivery
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Industry Trend to 2G SPL a Discontinuous Jump
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Into the New SPL Frontier

Automated Production Line an Efficient Means of Production
- The scale of your product line and the scope of diversity can be based on
business opportunities and profitability rather than the complexity limitations
- The BigLever SPL solution opens new frontiers in innovation, economy of
scale and profitability, impacting the fundamentals of how you compete
Available Benefits
Transition Time, Cost & Effort
Return-on-Investment
Cost of Doing Nothing
Low
High
Low
High
Slow
Fast
Low
High
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Systems and Software

Product Line Engineering

Systems and Software Product Lines (SPL)

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Industry leader in Systems and Software Product Line

- Best ROI metrics in the industry

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Systems and Software Product Lines

The key to business success depends on the infusion of

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Product Lines and Profitability

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

An Efficient Means of Production for

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Systems and Software

Systems and software product line (SPL) engineering and

- supports the full product line development and delivery lifecycle

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Complexity of Product-centric Thinking

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

The Challenge of Product Line Engineering:

Processes, tools and techniques

A new approach is required...

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Shift in Perspective: Efficient Means of Production

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Shift in Perspective: Efficient Means of Production

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Benefits of a Software Production Line

Increase in the scope of product diversity

Cost Savings from Efficiency and Productivity

Increase in productivity and efficiency

Faster Profits from Faster Time to Market

Reduction in time-to-market for new and updated products

Better Products from Better Quality

Increase in customer-perceived product quality

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

2nd Generation SPL Approach

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Multiple Dimensions in a 2G SPL Solution

Multi-product. Feature-based variation management and automated production line

Multi-phase. Product line lifecycle assets, architecture and traceability

Multi-baseline. Product line change management and baseline management

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

The BigLever 3-Tiered SPL Methodology

Leverage. Feature Based SPL Management

Simplify. SPL Asset Focused Development

Consolidate. Variation Management & Automated Production

Minimally Invasive Transitions to SPL Practice

Start with what youve got

Create a pilot as the catalyst for change

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

- Powerful patented technology

The industrys most innovative software product line services

Software Product Line Lifecycle Framework

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

Gears SPL Framework

Services for Success

Industry Leading Experience and Expertise

Getting Started Package (recommended first step)

Copyright 2010 BigLever Software, Inc.

SPL Source Code & File-based Asset Engineering